MARGAO
The Trinamool Congress party opened its account in the Goa Legislative Assembly with the NCP lone MLA Churchill Alemao merging the NCP Legislative Wing into the Mamata Didi-led party.
At Carmona, the fate of village Sarpanch Allwyn Jorge, who had joined the TMC over a month ago hangs in balance. For, four out of the seven members of the Carmona village panchayat have tabled a no-confidence motion against Jorge.
Incidentally, it is a sheer coincidence that at least a couple of signatories to the no-confidence motion are close aides of the Benaulim MLA. And, it is also a coincidence that the Carmona sarpanch, after embracing the TMC, had kicked off his election campaign for the Benaulim seat much before the incumbent MLA joined the Mamata Didi-led party.
The question that remains unanswered is “ whether the TMC MLA Churchill Alemao will bail out the beleaguered Carmona sarpanch from being voted out of office or allow the motion to be carried out against Jorge.
The no-confidence motion has been tabled by panch members Xavier Abrao Fernandes, Sandra John Fernandes, Joao Francisco Da Costa and Savita Cristeo Mascarenhas for what they called as the non-cooperative attitude of the sarpanch and for not taking the members into confidence while deciding on panchayat affairs.
After receiving a notice of no-confidence motion, Salcete BDO Amitesh Shirvoikar has convened a special meeting of the Carmona panchayat on December 17, at 10.30 am to consider the no-confidence motion against the Carmona sarpanch.
